A slip just before the finish line meant University of Bath-based Joe Choong had to settle for silver during a dramatic UIPM Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final in Ankara, Turkey. Torrential rain delayed the men’s final for several hours but Pentathlon GB’s Choong coped with the challenging conditions expertly to sit in second place going into the decisive run-shoot, which was contested after sunset due to the earlier hold-up. Cars and volunteers’ phones had to...
Head Coach Asha Francis wants her Team Bath Netball players to recognise and celebrate their moments of brilliance after they wrapped up their 2023 Super League season. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold were beaten 82-57 at semi-finalists Loughborough Lightning in their final game on Friday but produced some excellent netball at times, particularly during a second quarter that the hosts only edged 21-19. All 12 members of the travelling squad got out on court...
Team Bath duo Archie Griffin and Mackenzie Graham have been named in the BUCS Super Rugby Team of the Season for 2022-23. Prop Griffin and versatile forward Graham, who can play second-row or back-row, both combine Bath Rugby Academy careers with studying Sports Performance at the University of Bath. They played key roles as Team Bath challenged for top spot during much of the BUCS Super Rugby season, eventually finishing fourth, and narrowly missed out...
Team Bath Netball conclude their 2023 Super League season tonight as they started it – by taking on Loughborough Lightning in front of the Sky Sports cameras (7.30pm centre-pass). The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold were beaten on the opening day by a clinical Lightning outfit but Head Coach Asha Francis hopes her players will be able to show how far they have progressed since then. “We have absolutely nothing to lose and we definitely...
Five students and Olympic Champion Joe Choong are among the 12 University of Bath-based athletes selected by Team GB for the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games, taking place in Poland from 21st June to 2nd July. Choong is joined by Sport Management and Coaching student Charlie Brown in an eight-strong modern pentathlon team, who all part of Pentathlon GB’s National Training Centre at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. Sam Curry, Charlie Follett, Olivia Green, Myles...
